GRIPEN INTERNATIONAL2004-11-22 14:37:14
Interaction between the aircraft and the pilot has an impact on the success of missions
Part of the exhibition Scandinavian Design - Beyond The Myth that is being organized by the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, will be a round table focussing on the design of the Gripen aircraft.
Leading experts among technical designers and scholars have accepted an invitation to the event, in which they will have an opportunity to learn more about the design process and the technical equipment and control systems of the Gripen fighter aircraft. Johan Holmberg, the aircraft designer of the Saab company, will deliver a lecture.
The close collaboration between users, designers, engineers, customers, researchers and manufacturers is a well-established Swedish tradition and this tradition has been observed during the development of the Gripen aircraft. Gripen's ‘users' have been involved in designing the Gripen system right from the very beginning. Had the Gripen aircraft been developed only by designers, too much attention could have been paid to the technical function. The pilot, on the other hand, perceives any controlling mechanism as a means to fulfil a task - therefore the interaction is very important.
Johan Holmberg has been working on Human-Machine Interaction (HMI) projects at Saab for more than 14 years. He specialises mainly on Gripen aircraft and currently works on HMI aspects of the new display, as well as on the integration of new weapons and detection pods into the existing aircraft systems.
"There is no doubt that the display systems play a central role, whether the pilot needs just navigation data or analysis of the situation for the relevant action. The Gripen cockpit is based on a 'Don't Need, Don't Show' philosophy. This means that only the information the pilot actually needs to make tactical decisions, or to safely operate the aircraft, is shown. Apart from the technical aspects - well designed display and control - ergonomics is also highly important. The cockpit environment can provide the pilot with maximum support under any imaginable conditions,� Johan Holmberg says.
In the near future, Gripen aircraft will be able to handle such tasks as automatic avoidance of terrain obstacles, should a risk of collision with a ground-based object arise. The aircraft will also be equipped with a new navigation system that can identify and localize the ground bases without any ground-based navigation and can even land at such bases. Even in future, however, the cockpit will be manned by a human being and it is therefore necessary to combine seamlessly the technical demands with the capacity of the pilot.
Part of the exhibition Scandinavian Design - Beyond The Myth that is being organized by the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, will be a round table focussing on the design of the Gripen aircraft.
Leading experts among technical designers and scholars have accepted an invitation to the event, in which they will have an opportunity to learn more about the design process and the technical equipment and control systems of the Gripen fighter aircraft. Johan Holmberg, the aircraft designer of the Saab company, will deliver a lecture.
The close collaboration between users, designers, engineers, customers, researchers and manufacturers is a well-established Swedish tradition and this tradition has been observed during the development of the Gripen aircraft. Gripen's ‘users' have been involved in designing the Gripen system right from the very beginning. Had the Gripen aircraft been developed only by designers, too much attention could have been paid to the technical function. The pilot, on the other hand, perceives any controlling mechanism as a means to fulfil a task - therefore the interaction is very important.
Johan Holmberg has been working on Human-Machine Interaction (HMI) projects at Saab for more than 14 years. He specialises mainly on Gripen aircraft and currently works on HMI aspects of the new display, as well as on the integration of new weapons and detection pods into the existing aircraft systems.
"There is no doubt that the display systems play a central role, whether the pilot needs just navigation data or analysis of the situation for the relevant action. The Gripen cockpit is based on a 'Don't Need, Don't Show' philosophy. This means that only the information the pilot actually needs to make tactical decisions, or to safely operate the aircraft, is shown. Apart from the technical aspects - well designed display and control - ergonomics is also highly important. The cockpit environment can provide the pilot with maximum support under any imaginable conditions,� Johan Holmberg says.
In the near future, Gripen aircraft will be able to handle such tasks as automatic avoidance of terrain obstacles, should a risk of collision with a ground-based object arise. The aircraft will also be equipped with a new navigation system that can identify and localize the ground bases without any ground-based navigation and can even land at such bases. Even in future, however, the cockpit will be manned by a human being and it is therefore necessary to combine seamlessly the technical demands with the capacity of the pilot.
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